Banned?! NOT In America! What it is, and what it does(to you)!

[longBallLima]

Seems like a pretty big difference to me. The old adage of what you don't know won't hurt you comes to mind here. It certainly doesn't ring true.

i'm just not sure why you wouldn't suggest then awareness of the harmful effects of the ingredients in favor of a complete ban, so they are both on the same level, meaning, harmful and people know about it.

[Cdsnuts]

i'm just not sure why you wouldn't suggest then awareness of the harmful effects of the ingredients in favor of a complete ban, so they are both on the same level, meaning, harmful and people know about it.

They're harmful on two totally different levels.

Awareness would work, but do you think it's completely necessary to have poison in the food supply? Soda's ingredients are bad for you, but they aren't straight up poison. That's what those chemicals are. Poison, plain and simple.

Would you be okay if they started putting small amounts of arsenic in the food as a preservative as long as everyone was told about it? To me this is the same exact thing.

It's not food, and it has no place in food.

[longBallLima]

They're harmful on two totally different levels.

Awareness would work, but do you think it's completely necessary to have poison in the food supply? Soda's ingredients are bad for you, but they aren't straight up poison. That's what those chemicals are. Poison, plain and simple.

Would you be okay if they started putting small amounts of arsenic in the food as a preservative as long as everyone was told about it? To me this is the same exact thing.

It's not food, and it has no place in food.

we might have to agree to disagree here. a number of additives in soda such as coloring are not food. carbonation itself has no place in food, IMO.

IMO both are bad and both should be regulated. since people get extra butthurt over something being taken away, i dont see soda as that harmful that you could just overtax it, but i'm still in favor of "big brother" putting its fingers in there.

[Cdsnuts]

we might have to agree to disagree here. a number of additives in soda such as coloring are not food. carbonation itself has no place in food, IMO.

IMO both are bad and both should be regulated. since people get extra butthurt over something being taken away, i dont see soda as that harmful that you could just overtax it, but i'm still in favor of "big brother" putting its fingers in there.

Not might...were going to disagree here.

Some things are more harmful then others, period. When you look at that list and the effects of those chemicals and think that's okay to include in the food chain.....well to each their own I guess. To me it's crazy.

What you're in favor of is a slippery slope. First it starts off with telling us how much soda we can buy, and next it's how many kids we can have and how many nights a week we can bang our wives. It starts off small and grows......if they can tell us how much soda to buy, where does the line get drawn?

Slippery slope.

[longBallLima]

Not might...were going to disagree here.

Some things are more harmful then others, period. When you look at that list and the effects of those chemicals and think that's okay to include in the food chain.....well to each their own I guess. To me it's crazy.

What you're in favor of is a slippery slope. First it starts off with telling us how much soda we can buy, and next it's how many kids we can have and how many nights a week we can bang our wives. It starts off small and grows......if they can tell us how much soda to buy, where does the line get drawn?

Slippery slope.

disagree with bold. there is a number of things that are prohibited despite opinion and we haven't slipped into a police state because of it.

gays not being allowed to marry and pot and lsd being made illegal didn't turn into men in black coming into my house to check whether im banging my wife or not.

to me, the slippery slope lies into how complacent society is to things like the NSA bit. all the effort put into finding the leaker rather than being liable for the illegal invasion of privacy.

[Cdsnuts]

disagree with bold. there is a number of things that are prohibited despite opinion and we haven't slipped into a police state because of it.

gays not being allowed to marry and pot and lsd being made illegal didn't turn into men in black coming into my house to check whether im banging my wife or not.

to me, the slippery slope lies into how complacent society is to things like the NSA bit. all the effort put into finding the leaker rather than being liable for the illegal invasion of privacy.

So you're comparing LSD, Pot and gay marriage to allowable soda consumption? Interesting. Doesn't even seem comparable to me. You're really reachin there.

It's soda dude. Really. You don't see how ridiculous and over-reaching that is?